Thread: ALL-New Paperwhite announced: 300dpi E-Ink screen
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Old 06-18-2015, 04:13 AM   #57
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Originally Posted by eschwartz View Post
Well, certainly -- you want it. Whether anyone else does, or whether Amazon can justify paying attention to a very niche market, remains to be seen. Amazon offered a large-screen Kindle -- the DX. It was a market failure. They didn't try again.
The reason the DX failed is that Amazon never updated the DX to be current. the DX is seriously obsolete with the very outdated firmware. The DX is no better than a K2.

Kobo sells a 6.8" screen based Reader very successfully. Kobo had the Aura HD and now they have the Aura H2O.
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